>> IN ALL OF THE STREAMING
SERVICES THAT HAVE LAUNCH YOU
KNOW IN THE LAST 3 YEARS
ALLOWING RIGHT TO DEMAND FOR
CONTENT
IS INSATIABLE AND EVER AND THAT
COMBINED WITH THE PANDEMIC YOU
KNOW HAS REALLY DETERIORATING
WORKING CONDITIONS AND BROUGHT
FOLKS TO A BREAKING POINT.
>> AND THAT WAS JONAS LOEB THE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
AT SEA, THE VERY UNION ALONG
WITH HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS WHO
AVERTED AND MAJOR STRIKE THIS
PAST SATURDAY. THE STRIKE WOULD
HAVE SEEN PRODUCTIONS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY SHUTTER ASSUMING
THE NEW CONTRACT
IS RATIFIED. DESPITE SOME IOC
MEMBERS CRITICIZING THE NEW
CONTRACT SAYING IT DOES NOT
AND FAR ENOUGH TO ADDRESS
WORKING CONDITIONS ON SET THE
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES WHO
REPRESENTS WORKERS SUCH AS
CAMERA OPS TO
MAKEUP ARTISTS CAME TO AN
AGREEMENT THAT GUARANTEES
PRODUCTION WORKERS MEAL BREAKS
RETROACTIVE PAY INCREASES
AND BREAKS BETWEEN SHIFTS AMONG
OTHER IMPROVED BENEFITS.
JOINING US NOW IS
BRANDON CATS SENIOR
ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER AT THE
OBSERVER WELCOME TO THE SHOW
AGAIN AND A MAJOR STRIKE WAS
AVOIDED THIS PAST WEEKEND IN
THE 11TH HOUR REALLY
DOES THIS CONTRACT FIX THE
PROBLEM THAT I OUT THE NUMBERS
WERE RAISING TO THE ATTENTION
OF THEIR EMPLOYERS.
>> WELL
PUBLICLY IOC MEMBERS ARE STILL
CONCERNED REGARDING THE LENGTH
OF THE SHOOTING DAY LENGTH AND
CLARITY ON NEW MEDIA OR IS THE
RESIDUALS ARE STREAMING.
THE IMPACT ON THE UNION'S
HEALTH AND PENSION BENEFIT.
AND FRANKLY WORKING CONDITIONS
ON THAT WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST STICKING POINT AFTER
THE
SATURDAY AGREEMENT TO THE
ONLINE REACTION TO JET THAT THE
DEAL IS NOT VIEWED FAVORABLY BY
UNION MEMBERS. NOW BEHIND THE
SCENES THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN
WHISPERS UNION MEMBERS
ORGANIZING TO ATTEMPT TO FIGHT
THE RATIFICATION OF THE NEW
DEAL THOUGH IF THAT HAPPENS
BOTH SIDES WILL HAVE TO GO BACK
TO OPEN TO GO SHE ASIAN AND
FRANKLY LOW BE HAD. THE ISN'T
THE MOST POPULAR FIGURE
AT THE MOMENT, PARTICULARLY
AFTER CONTENTIOUS INTERNAL
STRIFE IN 2018 DURING THE SAME
NEGOTIATION SO THE STAGE IS SET
FOR A VERY INTERESTING AND
PERHAPS VERY CONSEQUENCES COULD
CONSEQUENTIAL BATTLE IN
HOLLYWOOD RIGHT NOW.
>> I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FEEDBACK
FROM SOME OF THE MEMBERS THAT
WE'VE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA YOU
TOUCHED ON IT A BIT AND ALSO WE
SHARED SOME OF THE DETAILS OF
THE AGREEMENT TALK MORE ABOUT
THE AGREEMENT THOUGH, AND HOW
MANY MEMBERS IT WOULD
POTENTIALLY AFFECT.
>> SO I
REPRESENT UPWARDS OF 60,000
WORKERS IN THE U.S. AND YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT A NATIONWIDE
STRIKE FROM FILM AND TV
PRODUCTION WORKERS AND THE
MEMBERSHIP RALLY FOR AN
UNPRECEDENTED STRIKE
AUTHORIZATION VOTE EARLIER THIS
MONTH WHICH AFTER THE EARLY
99% SUPPORT. YOU CAN SEE THE
VAST WELL
OF NUMBERS HERE NOW THE CURRENT
AGREEMENT IT DOES INCLUDE WAGE
INCREASES FOR LOWEST
PAID EARNERS IMPROVED WAGES AND
WORKING CONDITIONS FOR
STREAMING WORKERS RETROACTIVE
WAGE INCREASES FOR
ESTABLISHED WORKERS, GREATER
MEAL PROVIDED MORE WEEK DAY
WEEKEND SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY
AND A DIVERSITY INCLUSION
INITIATIVE THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT SO YES, THERE ARE
CONCESSIONS AND THINGS ARE
CLEARLY GOING TO BENEFIT THE
WORKFORCE. BUT AS
WE'VE DISCUSSED THE LOUD ONLINE
REACTION AND
THE BEHIND IN WITH BIRD SEEMED
TO SUGGEST THAT THIS IS NOT
GOOD ENOUGH AND THAT THE IOC
MEMBERS ARE NOT HAPPY AT THE
CORE.
>> YEAH AND AND SO THAT MEANS
THIS IS NOT A DONE DEAL,
ESPECIALLY AS THESE MEMBERS
NEED TO VOTE ON THIS AGREEMENT
A
3 YEAR CONTRACT. WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT
WE'VE SEEN FROM MEMBERS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE
SHARING ONLINE. CRITICIZING
THIS PARTICULAR INITIAL DEAL.
>> YOU HAVE
SEEN HASHTAG AND OTHER ONLINE
CAMPAIGNS IN THE WEEKS AND
MONTHS LEADING INTO THIS
NEGOTIATION OF ESSENTIALLY
WORKERS ACROSS THE INDUSTRY IN
MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FILM AND TV
DIVISION DESCRIBING UNSAFE
WORKING ENVIRONMENT. HARASSMENT
ON SET. CRUEL TREATMENT BY YOU
KNOW FILMMAKERS AND PRODUCTION
COMPANIES THAT ARE WORKING INTO
THE BONE FOR VERY LITTLE
REWARD SO THEY FEEL AS IF THEY
AREN'T GETTING
ENOUGH HIM. CREWS MADE ON
CURRENT SITUATION TO ONE BIG
STICKING POINT OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS. THE AGREEMENT
REACHED
ON SATURDAY WITH 10 HOUR
TURNAROUND THAT WAS FOR MANY
WORKERS ALREADY IN PLACE SO IT
FEELS AS IF THEY BE A LATERAL
MOVE AT THAT AND THAT'S BEEN A
BIG COMPLAINT AND THE CORE
MEMBER GROUP.
>> I ALSO SAW SOME DRAWING
ATTENTION TO LACK OF ATTENTION
TO HEALTH CARE THEY THOUGHT
MORE NEEDED TO BE DONE IN
THAT ASPECT HOW REALISTIC DO
YOU THINK IT IS THAT THIS
ACTUALLY PASSES DO YOU THINK
THIS IS MOSTLY BUZZ ON SOCIAL
MEDIA AND IT WILL STILL GET AN
AGREEMENT FROM
THE MAJORITY OF THE IOC MEMBERS
OR IS THERE A CHANCE THAT
THEY'LL HAVE TO HIT THE
NEGOTIATING TABLE ONCE AGAIN.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL
MEDIA BUZZ. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT THAT YOU
NEED TO WADE THROUGH SOME OF
THE LOUDEST VOICES IN ORDER TO
GET DOWN TO THE TRUTH AND OF
COURSE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
IT PASSES. BUT WE HAVE SEEN THE
PRODUCTION SHUTDOWNS RELATED TO
COVID
WREAK ABSOLUTE HAVOC ON ALL OF
HOLLYWOOD. SO RIGHT NOW I GOT
THE
HAVE PERHAPS MORE LEVERAGE THAN
THEY'VE EVER HAD THE PREVIOUS
NEGOTIATION, ANYTHING CAN
HAPPEN OF COURSE THEY COULD
PASS I PERSONALLY SEE THEM
GOING BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE TABLE
WITH HOLLYWOOD. AFTER THE IAAF
THE MEMBERS VOTE NOT TO RATIFY
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WILL
STICK.
>> YEAH AND JUST HOW OFTEN
ARE THESE CONTRACTS NEGOTIATED
WE KNOW THIS INITIAL DEAL IS
FOR 3 YEARS.
AND THIS STRIKE IT WAS TO GO
THROUGH WAS GOING TO BE
HISTORIC OVER THAT I BELIEVE
IT'S LIKE A 100 AND
30 YEAR HISTORY. ALRIGHT,
OUTING THERE HAS NEVER BEEN
A STRIKE. DO YOU THINK WE COULD
SEE NEGOTIATIONS TENDS LIKE
THIS MOVING FORWARD.
>> ABSOLUTELY ANY TYPICALLY
OUT THESE MEETING AT THE
NEGOTIATING TABLE EVERY 3 YEARS
WITH MAJOR HOLLYWOOD
ORGANIZATION. IRON OUT THE
DETAILS THAT LIKE I SAID THAT
THIS IS THE MOST PRECARIOUS
POSITION THIS NEGOTIATION HAS
EVER BEEN IN
HOLLYWOOD AND FILM AND TV
PRODUCTION IS
MORE DYNAMIC WITH THE EVER
BEFORE WE ARE COMING OFF THE
PANDEMIC WHICH ENDED EVERY
REGULATION AND NORMAL WAY OF
DOING BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN
ESSENTIALLY IN PLACE FOR ABOUT
HALF A CENTURY.
SO IF THERE'S GOING TO BE MAJOR
CHANGE I THINK IT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> AND BRANDON REALLY QUICKLY
BEFORE WE LET YOU GO GOT TO
TALK WEEKEND BOX OFFICE WITH
HALLOWEEN
KILLS MAKING 50 MILLION DOLLARS
IN THE DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE EVEN
WITH SIMULTANEOUS STREAMING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE SIGNALS
ABOUT THE INDUSTRY MOVING
FORWARD.
>> WELL CERTAINLY GOOD FOR
UNIVERSAL THEY WERE PROJECTING
PROJECTING ABOUT 35 MILLION
DOLLARS OPENING. OBVIOUSLY IT
OVER PERFORM DESPITE FRANKLY
TERRIBLE REVIEWS AND AS YOU
SAID A SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE
ON PEACOCK BUT THIS WEEKEND AS
A WHOLE 110 MILLION DOLLARS
ACROSS ALL DOWN. BRING THE YEAR
TO DATE BOX
OFFICE UP 37.2% COMPARED TO
2020. THAT'S GOOD. WE'RE STILL
LAUGHABLY OFF THE 2019 TRACK
BUT WE'RE SEEING STEADY
PROGRESS OF THE EXTREMELY
ENCOURAGING WE'RE SEEING
NUMBERS THAT SEEM TO SUGGEST
THAT IT IS SUMMER AND THE FALL
IN OCTOBER IS POIS